The Health Press is an open-access and peer-reviewed public health bulletin published by Zambia National Public Health Institute (ZNPHI). It was founded with the mission of offering a forum for the exchange and dissemination of health-related research and knowledge in Zambia and around the world. Its goals include spreading information on Zambia's public health security status and guide policy direction on health security in the country. The issue of the Health Press typically includes a research article, outbreak investigation, field notes and epidemiological bulletin.
The Health Press Zambia is pleased to announce changes to the Editorial Team, with the introduction of Dr. Doreen M. Shempela and Dr. Benjamin Mubemba as Deputy Editor in Chief and Managing Editor, respectively.
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Featured in this issue is an editorial examining the shifting landscape of health financing in Africand two outbreak investigations on mpox—one involving an in-transit truck driver and the other documenting Zambia’s first Mpox-related death in a 7-month-old infant. Also included are two original research articles: the first reports the detection of Salivirus genotype A2 in Zambia’s wastewater, and the second evaluates public health emergency management in 2024 based on the 7-1-7 performance framework.
You can download the full issue by clicking here: Full Issue Health Press Quarter 1, 2025
